Time Accelerated
Inside the stopped time, three people were facing each other in a three-way standoff.
Guyâs sword flickered but was repelled by Chloeâs katana.
Chloe then sent out a slash with a flowing movement which was repelled by the ice wall that appeared in front of Velzard.
The ice wall broke and burst, becoming bullets of ice which poured over Guy and Chloe, but the two people ward all of them off with the weapons they hold in their hands without difficulty.
Neither strategy nor psychological warfare had any meaning, itâs a world ruled by absolute power.
In that situation, the three demonstrated their power, no one conceded even for one step.
It was a contest of equal balance.
âWell, what should I do?â
Guy thought.
Even in the world where the time stopped, Chloe could move calmly.
In a world where normal eyesight didnât have any meaning as even the light particles have stopped.
In this world where time stopped, the reactions from the energy released is used to perceive the situation.
Whether itâs Heroes or Devils, since they were bound by the worldâs rule, itâs impossible for them to act.
However, Chloe had transcended that restriction.
In other words ââ
(This person, was a spiritual lifeform too, thatâs it)
It meant this.
Even in the lowest level, she should had become a Demi God.
A person who reached the domain of God while being in a mortal body.
But, in this case, itâs convenient. As even Guy would withdraw from fighting against Velzard while protecting Chloe who couldnât move.
Afterall, inside the world where time stopped, even defensive power became zero.
Explaining it easily, all of the connections between the inherent energy that a substance has became cut off.
In other words, the motion of all substances stops. Everything even the link between substances and molecular motion.
Because it was stopped, when an external force is applied, it will collapse easily.
Even if itâs a lump of steel, even if itâs the worlds hardest material, it can be destroyed even by the impact of a gentle breeze.
Of course, the same applied even to superior arms. If itâs lower than Legend class, they have no meaning.
Defending a target in such a state, the difficulty is too high even for Guy.
Fortunately, Chloe doesnât seem to have any problem in the stopped world. Itâs dangerous to think so even though sheâs an enemy, but in this case he appreciated it.
He put his worry for Chloe aside for the time being.
The current problem was what he should do in this situation.
Stopping Velzardâs rampage, and defeating Velda. Those became his ultimate goal.
His fight with Chloe is an act, Guyâs main purpose is to get out from this place. But itâs impossible for Chloe to ignore Guy due to the effect of the curse.
A very troublesome situation.
Even so, for Guy fighting against two people at the same time is not impossible.
After all, Guyâs ability that is Ultimate SkillãPrideful Lord Luciderãis the strongest ability.
The essence of this ability is complete replication of ability that he saw once.
Itâs one of the reasons why Guy was expecting that birth of the other Demon Lordsâ skill.
In order for him to be the strongest being, he observe various Ultimate Skill and taking them as his.
In order words, as Guy is analyzing Chloe and Velzardâs ability, itâs not impossible for him to nullify them.
However, for thatââ
(First of all, they didnât use their ability.
I know VelzardâsãPatience Lord Gabrielã, but what kind of ability isãEnvious Lord Leviathanã?
Beside, that Chloe girlââ Rimuru gave a high praise for her, yet she has only shown her swordsmanship till now......)
ââthatâs right, itâs important for him to see the ability of the two to analyze it.
Even so Guy believed in his own strength.
He faced the two while getting fed up without being careless.
âAra, itâs a bother.â
Velzard felt unpleasantness as Chloe was able to move in the stopped time like itâs natural.
She intended to stop the time, get rid of Chloe and enjoy a fight with Guy in this world with just the two of them.
And yet, Chloe whom she looked down upon as an inferior human was able to act in the stopped world where only those who had transcend as supreme being can exist in it, itâs an unexpected event for Velzard.
Moreover, Chloe was able to fight her and Guy evenly, it became a very unpleasant situation.
(Despite being an awakened Hero, sheâs more than I expected.)
Velzard stopped looking down on Chloe.
She recognized her as an enemy which she should defeat.
In the first place, Guy was strong.
Even if Velzard tried to defeat him seriously, she knew that victory would be extremely difficult.
Guy could understand the essence of an ability from just a glimpse with his gifted observation eyes.
Therefore, all of Velzardâs abilities were naturally exposed, it would be impossible to win if she only depends on Ultimate SkillãPatience Lord Gabrielã.
But ââ
Right now, she had obtained Ultimate SkillãEnvious Lord Leviathanã, she able to see the victory.
In that case, she concluded that she need to postpone the elimination of the obstacle thatâs Chloe.
If she exposed her skills poorly, her chance for victory might disappear.
She postponed the elimination, but, itâs troublesome if sheâs disturbed.
She thought so, and released an ability towards Chloe.
Itâs necessary to useãEnvious Lord Leviathanã to deal the finishing blow without it being known by Guy. Therefore, she was usingãPatience Lord Gabrielã right now.
ãPatience Lord Gabrielãâs ability is absolute defense power. Its essence isãFixationã.
With inherent ability to stop things, it was a very compatible ability with her.
Freezing the moisture in the atmosphere, creating an ice wall is also its ability.
It was possible even if she didnât freeze only the water molecules particularly and with other molecules mixed, but the result of her valuing the beautiful appearance was only a wall of ice.
Thus ââ
ãYou are a hindrance. Please be obedient and stay there! Air Wall (Atmospheric Prison Wall)l!!ã
Velzard just solidified the atmosphere around Chloe and formed a prison which couldnât be destroyed instantly.
Naturally, for those who could move in this stopped time, they didnât need to breath anymore. Chloe didnât die because of this attack, but Velzard had no problem whether she could break free from the prison or not.
Velzard only wanted her combat with Guy not be disturbed.
Butââ
âKiiiiiiiiin!â such clear sound could be heard, the atmospheric prison was cut opened.
The atmosphere in the stopped world shook, with the sound of impact accompanying a slash attack.
It was already beyond the level of a sword technique.
Velzard was astonished in the truest meaning.
(Thatâs rightââ Hero Chloe, you are also standing in the same dimension as me and Guy, you couldnât be underestimated.)
A powerful person whoâs supported with experiences and didnât rely on her ability.
And like herself, she realized that Chloe hadnât yet shown all of her cards.
Velzard glared at Chloe with hatred.
(Then, like with Guy, I will seriously fight against her seriously.)
An enemy whom she should defeat. Also, an equal like her too.
Velzard accepted the fact and finally became serious.
Chloe perceived Velzardâs attack and shown a hesitation for a moment.
Should I withdraw from the current combat and fight the winner? So she thought.
But, unfortunately it was not permitted. Her body spontaneously reacted without being able to go against the order to fight Guy.
With her ability, the Absolute Severance of Ultimate SkillãHope Lord Sarielã.
Velzardâs ability of absolute fixation was offset by Chloeâs Absolute Severance, its shape is cut by Chloeâs sword technique.
In this case, Chloeâs power seemed to surpass it, but it was equal in ability.
Rather for Chloe, itâs an undesirable development because she would expose her skills.
âAlways hold a trump card!â such was Rimuruâs teaching that she follow.
Itâs a dependable ability, but itâs preferable to use it at the decisive moment. She was warned strictly that when she showed it too many times, countermeasures would be made.
In fact, even in the stopped world where she had an absolute confidence, Rimuru shown her his quick adaptation.
If it was real combat, there might be a possibility that she would lose some of her mind composure.
And, she wasnât surprised at people on the level like Guy and Velzard to be able to exist in the stopped world like it was natural because of that experience.
As for Velzard, she possess energy incomparable to Chloe, as she could stop time for a long time.
The duration of time that Chloe could stop is only around several seconds. However, Velzard can easily stop time for more than several minutes without a problem.
(Obviously, sheâs a higher existence than meââï¼
Chloe recognized the difference in ability clearly.
Thus, she prudently waited for the chance.
Because she believed that Rimuru would defeat Velda as long as she bought time here.
But, a small doubt appeared inside Chloe.
(Itâs strange, why did Velzard start by confining me?
My action canât go against the order to fight against Guy. If her aim is to defeat Guy, it should be natural to cooperate together......
She have a connection with Velda, is she not informed about me? Is it something like that?
I donât think that Velzard ignores Veldaâs words either.
If thatâs so...... Velda didnât tell anything about me? Such a thing......?)
She thought that Veldaâs action was too unnatural based on what she guessed from Velzardâs action.
(ââRight now I must concentrate on the fight!)
Chloe forgot the thought.
She thought about focusing herself to her katana and sharpened her senses.
Guy and Velzard.
In front of those two overwhelming higher existences, worrying about something would lead her directly to death.
Since theãMemory Retrievalãof her Ultimate SkillãSpace-Time Lord Yog-Sothothãhad been sealed off, she needed to face them with other abilities.
Time stop didnât have a meaning either.
Because in the stopped world, you couldnât stop time any further.
Even if you added a stopped world inside a stopped world, thereâs no effect. It would only lengthen the duration of the stopped time.
Since her trump card was sealed off, she couldnât say that she going easy anymore.
Chloe made up her mind to stand in this place with all of her power.
When the three people determined their resolution to fight ââ
A crimson meteor pierced âWhite Ice Palaceâ which was Guyâs castle.
Inside the stopped world, with an abnormal speed, the castle was destroyed in front of the three people.
The person who destroyed the castle which was reinforced by Velzardâs Concept Fixation, stands calmly.
With messy azure colored hair and Cardinal Aura clad to its body.
The ruler of beautiful scarlet manifested in the stopped world.
âScorch Dragonâ Velgrind joined the fight.
ãLong time no see, Nee-san. By the way, the guy who killed my partner seems to meddle with Nee-san too.ã
ãAh, Velgrind. You seem to be very lively.
Itâs regrettable about Rudra. But, heâs human after all. You donât need to care about it forever.
It seems youâre worrying about me, but Iâm all right.
Because Iâm sure that Velda is the reincarnation of Nii-san ââã
Both of their eyes intersected.
Colors of anger appeared in Velgrindâs eyes as Rudra was spoken ill of, aura surged out increasingly from her body
ãGuy, I shall take Nee-san as my opponent.
You Chloe, Demon Lord Rimuru seemed to be worried about you, do your best to survive.
If you die, that Demon Lord would go on a rampage, you see. If itâs Guy, he would become a great opponent.
Also Nee-san, for your mind to be caught by that imposter, how pathetic.
I will make you come to your senses.ã
Velzardâs presence was dyed with anger too.
The mind of both dragon sisters swelled and both moved at the same time.
Both of them clashed.
By the shock wave of the rising destruction, a part of the âWhite Ice Palaceâ scattered into pieces.
Two beautiful dragons emerged in that place.
White and red.
The stopped world was dyed in color by the vivid hue.
And the essence of the red dragonâs ability wasââãAccelerationãââ!!
Both of the ability to stop and ability to accelerate clashed and neutralized each otherâs power.
When Velzardâs ability was offset, the stopped time regained its flow once again.
The world which was stopped had begun to move again.
At the center of the north continent, the fight between the strongest species raised its curtain.
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For now, I transferred from Leonâs castle to the hidden subspace.
As planned, Benimaru and the other would play their roles.
In order to deceive Veldaâs eyes, the barrier was left active.
He would think that the battle is still continuing on the inside. Well, thereâdl be no problem even if itâs exposed.
As long as he didnât notice my existence, all would be fine.
Leon and co will be all right for a while, I restarted the observation of the other places.
The situation in the capital of Ingrassia Kingdom became quite serious, but itâs not critical enough for me to get involved.
However, a problem is still a problem, I ordered Diabloâs subordinates to move and resolve the problem.
ãPlease leave it to me, Rimuru-sama!ã
Diablo bowed to me reverently and put the order into practice.
Although, he just ordered Moss to moved the subordinates. Probably it will be Venom or someone nearby.
Diablo himself didnât seem to have any desire to move from my side. Oh well, itâs fine.
With such feeling, I continued my observation.
ãThe world movement has stopped. Someone seems to have invokedãSuspended Worldãââã
Ciel informed a warning.
ãKufufufufu. This scale of theãSuspended Worldã is not just several seconds. Perhapsââã
ãIs it Velda or Velzard?ã
ãVelda in the present situation didnât have a reason to stop time. Most likely, itâs Velzardââã
Hmm, that might be so.
Even if Guy had the ability to stop time, it wouldnât be strange, but he has no reason to use it.
Chloe would not stop time for a long time like this. Or rather, itâs meaningless.
Because if the opponent could move inside the stopped world, it would just wasted energy. Thereâs no meaning for stopping time for a long time if she couldnât find some kind of superiority in it.
Anyway......
ãBy making that âitâs naturalâ face, so you can move in that world too, Diablo.ã
ãKufufufufu. Of course, Rimuru-sama. It might be still impossible for Benimaru, if itâs Zegion possiblyââã
âHo, hohou......â
Even though I was able to do this just the other day.
While I didnât realize it, my subordinates seemed to display a surprising growth.
ãWhat shall I do? Shall I go and help Chloe-jou?ã
Then, I was pondering. Even if he went there, transferring would be dangerous.
Itâs also difficult to grasp the situation inside the stopped world. Because light stopped inside too, my surveillance magic was also useless.
Transferring there without understanding the situation would be suicidal.
Naturally the reports from Moss had also stopped.
Although moving inside might be possible, it was impossible to contact each other.
If it became so, flying there was the quickest way but it would take one hour.
When I was thinking soââ
ãAh, thereâs a movement. Velgrind seems to have entered the war.ã
Ciel who observed the situation told me that.
Immediately after that, the stopped time began to flow.
Apparently, Velgrind seemed to have neutralized the stopped world.
ãRimuru-sama, itâs seems to be one of Velzard-samaâs ability after all.
Just now, a report came from Moss.ã
ãHowâs the situation?ã
ãVelgrind-sama has started a combat with Velzard-sama.
Both in Dragon Mode, it seems to be a real fight.
Kufufufufu. Like this, even for someone like me, itâs a dangerous situation.ã
I see, a full power battle, wasnât it.
Thatâs extremely dangerous. A wise man stays away from danger.
As for Guy and Chloe, they would be able to continue their act safely while leaving the combat area skillfully.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
ãAlright, then continue the observation.ã
ãAs you wished.ã
ãThen, letâs begins the creation of monitoring system that can be used even inãSuspended Worldã.ã
Ah, yes. If itâs possible......
Oh well, if itâs Ciel-sensei, everything was possible.
At that time, situation of various places were once again projected by the surveillance magic, a surprising spectacle was shown.
Dagruel had shown his fangs.
Shion was knocked down by one blow.
Ruminas had recovered, but if things keep going as it is, defeat is clear.
I stood up hurriedly but,
ãThereâs no problem. Please do not interfere.ã
I was calmed down by Cielâs calm voice.
Certainly.
My friend whom I trusted the most, I remembered to turn to her for assistance.
On a closer look, she seemed to have done something secretly as I didnât notice.
ãBut, will it be really all right?ã
ãIt will be all right...... (probably) ââã
My friend whom I trusted the most.
It seems the confidence from Ciel-sensei was also tremendous. âProbablyâ, I felt that this was the first time I heard this word from her.
Even while being uneasy for some reason, I canceled my urge to go to help for a moment.
Until Velda is caught, it will be useless if I didnât hide myself.
Besides, if itâs not in stopped world, even in the worst case, I could go to help with transfer.
I decided that I would wait here and believe in them.
ãIn the worst case, Diablo, you will go to help her.ã
ãPlease leave it to me. However, I think that would be unnecessary.ã
I hoped so.
While worrying, I gazed at the projected scene.